Campus Talks is a fortnightly podcast from Times Higher Education. We talk to academics and administrators at universities around the world to share advice, insights and solutions addressing the big questions facing higher education today. Gather academic career advice and tips to improve your teaching, research practices, writing and public engagement work, alongside discussions on the most pressing issues in global HE.
Episodes
Friday Dec 13, 2013
Friday Dec 13, 2013
Barbara Graziosi, professor of Classics at Durham University and director for the arts and humanities at its Institute of Advanced Studies, joins Times Higher Education’s books editor Karen Shook for the latest in our series of books podcasts.
Professor Graziosi is the author of The Gods of Olympus: A History, which is this week’s THE Book of the Week.
Thursday Dec 12, 2013
Thursday Dec 12, 2013
The removal of the student number cap in England, the death of Nelson Mandela, and an interview with master of St Benet's Oxford hall Werner Jeanrond are up for discussion in this week's issue review. John Elmes is joined by editor John Gill, news editor Simon Baker and writer Matthew Reisz.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Tuesday Dec 10, 2013
Michael Moore, senior analytics advisory consultant at software developer Desire2Learn, is a keynote speaker at the Centre for Distance Education's conference on learner analytics and big data, which takes place at the University of London today (December 10 2013). In this podcast, he discusses the importance of big data analysis to higher education institutions.
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
The world’s first global ranking of universities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other emerging economies were published on 4 December 2013. Times Higher Education's rankings editor Phil Baty, and reporters Chris Parr and David Matthews, discuss the results.
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
In this interview podcast, J. Noah Brown, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Community College Trustees, discusses the future of the community college sector in the US. The interview took place on 18 November 2013.
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
Thursday Dec 05, 2013
A lack of female representation among university governors, this week's Books section, gender segregation at university events and student protest in Turkey are all discussed in this week's issue review.
Reporters Chris Parr, Jack Grove and David Matthews are joined by books editor Karen Shook to discuss this week's edition of Times Higher Education.
Thursday Nov 28, 2013
Thursday Nov 28, 2013
The expansion of student numbers at private colleges, some universities' snobby approach to credit transfer, and the launch of a national higher education computer network are all up for discussion in this week's issue review podcast. Deputy news editor John Morgan and reporter Jack Grove join Chris Parr to look at (and listen to) some of the highlights from this week's magazine.
Thursday Nov 21, 2013
Thursday Nov 21, 2013
Universities' Wikipedia pages, the online harassment of academics, and this week's Times Higher Education Books section are all featured in this week's issue review podcast. Editor John Gill, news editor Simon Baker and books editor Karen Shook join Chris Parr to discuss this week's edition.
Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
How much does it cost to develop a Mooc? How many staff hours does it take to deliver it? The University of London International Programmes was the first English institution to offer massive open online courses on Coursera: the US platform with more than 5 million registered users.In this podcast some of those involved in that process discuss their experiences.
UoLIP director of academic development Mike Kerrison, academic project manager Barney Grainger and associate director of the undergraduate laws programme Patricia McKellar talk to Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr.
Thursday Nov 14, 2013
Thursday Nov 14, 2013
Research grant application success rates, the end of the 1994 Group and Feargal Sharkey's opinions on the changing face of higher education are all discussed in this week’s issue review. Chris Parr is joined by deputy features editor Paul Jump, research reporter Holly Else and editor John Gill.